Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-16

thought and life Of the dsscsudsns Of the
people who founded Il The two hsve gone
tcsssher. LocA Interests. growth Of poPula.
sSs d,ysss'ns q Sc.vCsioos sailed tot Other
liahed, and hes become . great university /;
others also hsve sprung up In the same tefrl.
tory, o. have boen founded by the aame class
Of people In the West Yet there stands liar.
tive Of New England liio In its nost oompre-
hensive scope. La position 10 one which by
no Possibility can bs occupied by any other
10 Prince.on, oncs Nsssau Hall. II VS.
colonists Of New Jsrssy aud sdjscent SEQ.
tionA and became the nrst sud the rsprsssn.
tative college OF that element and Of the
Proeby t0rian church from The beginning lN
sna i ny vso sss s
Presbytsrians may found other colleges
which may exceed 10 endowment aud at.
tendance OF students the parent institution |;
but there will never be second Psinceton.
II and there will bs . vacancy. Simply
that, and always that None other can To 70
the history OF that people what Il he's been.
Take Rutgers college st New Brunswick.
H. :.na. ,n TOT the Dutch People sss Holland
effort In that limo which met with suocesa
For long time II hes come 70 be inter woven
with their historical life. IL IL IN epitome,
ton, Of their intellectual life - people. Ali
the wealth and all tho intelligence Of the
Dutch Reformed church in America cannot
duplicate, In this respect Rutgers college.
Lst these instances SUFFICE They indicate
what We mean whom We call attention To the
peculiar positIon OF franklin and Marshall
college, and call II
a REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTION
Historically considered. 1t In representative,
- no other, Of the German people and their
a To- "A
forms the basis Of their efforts in the higher
educational line. Franklin college was their
first distinct venture, broad in it, design,
definite In ia aim, meant for . foil college
from the start, ~ colleges went In those days,
keeping up the struggle. with charter and In.
tent unaltered, until 1851, when the legal,
and 1853. when the actual realization came
The centennial now to bo celebrated is that
Of the first college successfully founded and
continued In the interest OF the German
stock Of people In this land. There II mono
n enter Into composition on this oomprehen.
sive basis; there Ii none TO dispute the
honor.
Franklin college stands at its start for oil
the Observation-Disclosures, Reformed and
Whatever others there are-ss much so a.
Harvard In it, beginnings stands for New
England and the PuritsnA Princeton for
Scotch and Scotch.Iri Presbyterians, and
Rutgers for the Refor rmed Hollandera That
In the original provision. In TACT, We have st
frst prevailinRly Lutheran man agement by
stress OF circumstances, and, later on, Q con
trolling Reformed assumption OF rospOnsi.
bility ny like stress Of circumstance At no
time, however, an nproOtinK OF the historic
nor q thought OF violating or an.
tagonizing the broad basis on which II was
The consolidation with Msrshall
college did not act as a destroyer of the past
In this respect II gave definite direction
under changed conditions In the life and de-
velopment OF the people. and brought organ.
lied kindred forces, ably and ready to take
up the old work and give II larger SUCCESS.
In this light, now, the centennial celebra-
lion OF Franklin and Marshall college as
sumes . comprehensive siRnihc ancs. which
reaches far beyond the immediate cons itu.
interest II represents is an integral, numer.
)uI, rapidly-growing fsc.nr In the population
,f the land, whose history dates from early
,olonial times, and is Intimately connected
= ith the wonderful growth and progress oil |
he nation.
But We must close We intended to be
brief, and confne ourselves tn Q few leading
lacts. We will only add that, ecclesiastic
Ally, this centennisi has the satne signih.
,ance for the Reformed church In the u United
States that We have shown It tn possess for
The people of German stock and parentaYe in
lheirs In part Marshall college was theirs
altogether and Franklin and Marshall col. |
eRe II theirs--theirs not by legal right and
control simply. on that they may cOngratu.
ate thsmselves, certainly Il Is q splendid
possession. Theirs, however, In what 10
more yet Theirs In origin, history, cixrac. Il
er and the rich promise OF the future. 1t Is i
he centennial OF their own representative i
.ollege they celebrate, and that not the less
because all the people OF kindred stock,
hough enthusiastically y OF other nance, may
'iRhtfulIy ioin with them In doing the same.